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- 1 2 Belshaw, Jim. "Braund, George Frederick (1866–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 . Retrieved 29 July 2020– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Armidale". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (157). 26 August 1915. p. 5117. Retrieved 29 July 2020– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1915 Armidale by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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